Is a county chief planning ex-employee's downfall after landing state job?

A VETERAN LAWMAKER appears to be muddying the waters for his county chief. The politico allegedly hired online warriors to wage a relentless digital attack, which has turned personal as bloggers now publish private images of the county chief’s family, including his spouse and children. The governor, well connected and close to the powers that be, has long angered local lawmakers. Yet repeated attempts to draw the attention of Parliament and state agencies to the county’s troubles have gone nowhere.

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A COSMOPOLITAN COUNTY’S assembly leader faces possible impeachment. The county lawmakers accuse him of aligning too closely with the governor, whom they have failed to remove after several attempts. Sources say the county assembly leader allegedly ignores formal requests to discipline officials implicated in graft allegations. The man’s reluctance is reportedly believed to be due to ties with a powerful political figure. Ward representatives have hesitated to challenge him, but they have now resolved to seek the backing of the big man for the county assembly leader’s removal.

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WHAT TIES A powerful state official to a senior lawmaker? A group of the latter’s colleagues were overheard debating this question last week. It is reported that the lawmaker in question has fiercely defended the embattled big official, accused of incompetence and graft. When the officer faced a censure motion over repeated parliamentary no-shows, the lawmaker justified his absences, citing the bigshot’s packed schedule. He left his colleagues stunned with the now-billed ‘unwarranted explanations’.

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IS A COUNTY chief whose former employee recently landed a top state job plotting his downfall? Well, Corridors of Power has learned that the governor is allegedly scheming to bring down the man with whom he fell out before he departed from the county. The governor has reportedly reached out to top political figures to reject the man who is set to join one of the most influential agencies in the county. He is believed to be allegedly spending millions to ensure the man falls flat. Whether his machinations will be successful remains to be seen.

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